low testosterone - now what?

[Zentel]

Hi everyone. This is my first post, hope I don't make a mess.

I've been diagnosed with low-testosterone.
Total Testosterone: 4.2 nmol/l
Free Testosterone: 97 pmol/l
My Age: 31

The doctor has prescribed me Nebido 1000mg injections. I told him I want to do some research first and them start next month.
Nebido (Testosterone Undecanoate) - 1000mg/4ml - 53days half-life.
So I guess I'll be getting injections every 12 weeks.

Now I'm thinking I should start doing serious body-building.
I've been going to the gym 4days a week for months on and months off without any real gains in the past. Now I know why.

How high do you guys think my testosterone levels will be at?
Will it be high enough for me to see some huge muscle gains?

Will I need to take other pills, substances or whatnot to stop gyno or other side effects? hCG? I'm probably going to be getting Nebido for life and I don't know if one can take side-effect fighting drugs, estrogen-blockers for life or can you?

Anything else I should know before I go back to the doctor to start my life-long journey?
Anything I should ask the doctor when I'm there? Something else he should prescribe me?

Thanks for reading this far :-)

Zentel

[Bouncer]

Hi everyone. This is my first post, hope I don't make a mess.

I've been diagnosed with low-testosterone.
Total Testosterone: 4.2 nmol/l
Free Testosterone: 97 pmol/l
My Age: 31

The doctor has prescribed me Nebido 1000mg injections. I told him I want to do some research first and them start next month.
Nebido (Testosterone Undecanoate) - 1000mg/4ml - 53days half-life.
So I guess I'll be getting injections every 12 weeks.

Now I'm thinking I should start doing serious body-building.
I've been going to the gym 4days a week for months on and months off without any real gains in the past. Now I know why.

How high do you guys think my testosterone levels will be at?
Will it be high enough for me to see some huge muscle gains?

Will I need to take other pills, substances or whatnot to stop gyno or other side effects? hCG? I'm probably going to be getting Nebido for life and I don't know if one can take side-effect fighting drugs, estrogen-blockers for life or can you?

Anything else I should know before I go back to the doctor to start my life-long journey?
Anything I should ask the doctor when I'm there? Something else he should prescribe me?

Thanks for reading this far :-)

Zentel

the does you will be on from the doctor will just be enoug to get you back to normal levels. you wont be on a dosage like a bodybuilder would be on etc..

with that said, you should see gains even with normal levels of test because you have been so low for so long. just dont think of it as "im on steroids" because its just HRT levels to make you healthy.

[ROCKETW19]

Hi everyone. This is my first post, hope I don't make a mess.

I've been diagnosed with low-testosterone.
Total Testosterone: 4.2 nmol/l
Free Testosterone: 97 pmol/l
My Age: 31

The doctor has prescribed me Nebido 1000mg injections. I told him I want to do some research first and them start next month.
Nebido (Testosterone Undecanoate) - 1000mg/4ml - 53days half-life.
So I guess I'll be getting injections every 12 weeks.

Now I'm thinking I should start doing serious body-building.
I've been going to the gym 4days a week for months on and months off without any real gains in the past. Now I know why.

How high do you guys think my testosterone levels will be at?
Will it be high enough for me to see some huge muscle gains?

Will I need to take other pills, substances or whatnot to stop gyno or other side effects? hCG? I'm probably going to be getting Nebido for life and I don't know if one can take side-effect fighting drugs, estrogen-blockers for life or can you?

Anything else I should know before I go back to the doctor to start my life-long journey?
Anything I should ask the doctor when I'm there? Something else he should prescribe me?

Thanks for reading this far :-)

Zentel

No one will know what your levels are and no one will know if you need a estrogen blocker or not. these are thing you will soon find out. BUT I will GUESS your levels will be normal and you will not need anything.
I would go back in 6 weeks and have him inject you again . This way it will build up faster and works faster.

You should always be working out not just cuz you have testosterone in ya now. But you will see better gains cuz your levels we so low before.

[Zentel]

Thanks for the replies. a bit disappointed. I thought I would be mr Muscle soon ;-)

ok, Does this mean I won't be having any children in the future? as my balls will probably start shrinking in a few months.

[ROCKETW19]

Thanks for the replies. a bit disappointed. I thought I would be mr Muscle soon ;-)

ok, Does this mean I won't be having any children in the future? as my balls will probably start shrinking in a few months.

lol no you can still have kids bt it does decrease the chances. the longer you are on the less chance. your test levels were already low so your balls wont shrink any more than they already have,lol. who needs balls anyways? your dick will NOT be shrinking,lol

[Zentel]

hmmm.. Do you think after about 4 years of use I can stop the Testosterone and take something for while to increase chances of getting kids?? or am I talking rubish?

[ROCKETW19]

hmmm.. Do you think after about 4 years of use I can stop the Testosterone and take something for while to increase chances of getting kids?? or am I talking rubish?

I have no clue bro but I can tell you I am 42 have been using steroid on and off for 18 or so years and my kid just turned 1 last friday so it is possable.

[Bouncer]

Thanks for the replies. a bit disappointed. I thought I would be mr Muscle soon ;-)

ok, Does this mean I won't be having any children in the future? as my balls will probably start shrinking in a few months.

once again, you are thinking of this as being on steroids. dont.

the doc is giving you test that will make your levels go back to normal, the dosage you will be getting is that of a normal 30 year old male.

all those negative sides you read about steroids are much higher doses.

[Zentel]

yeah Rocketw19, but you were probably on a HCG after each cycle. I'm going to have 1 long lifetime cycle.

Shouldn't I be doing HCG lets say every 6-months while on testosterone just to be safe?

[Zentel]

I have read on some other forum a while ago of someone being on HRT full-time and then cycling on and off of HCG every few months. Has anyone had any experience with this?

[Bouncer]

yeah Rocketw19, but you were probably on a PCT after each cycle. I'm going to have 1 long lifetime cycle.

Shouldn't I be doing a PCT lets say every 6-months while on testosterone just to be safe?
or can't you do PCT while you're on a cycle?
don't really know how it works.

PCT stands for POST CYCLE THERAPY. you cant run PCT while on something, it will have no effect or no need.

[Zentel]

They should change it to DCT for During Cycle Therapy :-)

[Ashop]

Hi everyone. This is my first post, hope I don't make a mess.

I've been diagnosed with low-testosterone.
Total Testosterone: 4.2 nmol/l
Free Testosterone: 97 pmol/l
My Age: 31

The doctor has prescribed me Nebido 1000mg injections. I told him I want to do some research first and them start next month.
Nebido (Testosterone Undecanoate) - 1000mg/4ml - 53days half-life.
So I guess I'll be getting injections every 12 weeks.

Now I'm thinking I should start doing serious body-building.
I've been going to the gym 4days a week for months on and months off without any real gains in the past. Now I know why.

How high do you guys think my testosterone levels will be at?
Will it be high enough for me to see some huge muscle gains?

Will I need to take other pills, substances or whatnot to stop gyno or other side effects? hCG? I'm probably going to be getting Nebido for life and I don't know if one can take side-effect fighting drugs, estrogen-blockers for life or can you?

Anything else I should know before I go back to the doctor to start my life-long journey?
Anything I should ask the doctor when I'm there? Something else he should prescribe me?

Thanks for reading this far :-)

Zentel

I dont know a whole lot about this Nebido. Should be interesting to say the least. I typically tell guys who get TRT to try for some TEST CYP injectable.

[ROCKETW19]

yeah Rocketw19, but you were probably on a HCG after each cycle. I'm going to have 1 long lifetime cycle.

Shouldn't I be doing HCG lets say every 6-months while on testosterone just to be safe?

nope didnt start using HCG untill I started doing long cycles and hard drugs like tren.
I would ask a specialist as I am not but my guess would be that it sure wont hurt to use HCG if dosed right